Police main Jesse Stone profits in the newest book in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times–bestselling series, and his newest case strikes right at the heart of the Paradise police force.

Jesse Stone is definitely back face to face after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is usually immediately produced bumpy by a series of disturbing and apparently racially motivated crimes, you start with the murder of an African American girl. Then, Jesse’s very own deputy Alisha–the 1st black woman employed by the Heaven law enforcement about Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind force–becomes the target of a sophisticated frame-up. As he and his team function tirelessly to unravel the reality, he has to wonder if that is just one section of an even grander story, one with an end game more harmful than any of them can see right now.

At exactly the same time, a mysterious son named Cole Slayton rolls into town with a chip on his shoulder and a issue with authority–namely, Jesse. However, something about the furious twenty-something attracts Jesse, and he requires Cole under his wing. But there’s even more to him than fits the eye, and his secrets might alter Jesse’s life permanently.